Fence-post.



- G. M. REED.

FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 7, 1908.

Patented 0ct'.12,1909.

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CHARLES M. REED, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed December 7, 1908. Serial No. 466,384.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. REED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois,have invented a new and useful F ence-Post, of which the following is aspecification.

The objects of the invention are, generally, the provision in amerchantable form, of a. device of the above-mentioned class which shallbe simple in construction, facile in operation, and devoid ofcomplicated parts; specifically, the provision of a fence post of noveland improved construction, and of novel means for mounting the linewires of a fence thereon and for attaching them thereto; other andfurther objects being made manifest hereinafter as the description ofthe invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompany ing drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat divers changes in the form, proportions, size, and minor details ofthe struc ture may be made, without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to denote corresponding partsthroughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of myinvention showing the parts in locked position; Fig. 2 is a detailperspective showing portions of the post and the rod; Fig. 3 is atransverse section showing the parts in unlocked position; Fig. 4C is atransverse section showing the parts in locked position; Fig. 5 is adetail perspective showing the upper terminal of the rod.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a supporting member which may beof any form. Preferably, however, as shown, it The post 1 may befashioned from any of the common materials of construction, I prefer,however, to make it of concrete. Thepost 1 is provided with asuperficial, longitudinally dis posed depression 4 extending from thetop to the bottom of the post. U-shaped bearings 5 are provided, and aremounted transversely of the depression 4. The bearings 5 are disposed invertical alinement and are arranged to receive rotatably a rod 2. Therod 2 may take a variety of shapes; preferably, however, as shown, it islano-convex in cross-section, the curved portion presenting a cam face 3performing functions hereinafter described in detail. The upper terminalof the rod 2 is bent substantially normal to the body portion thereof toform a hand hold 6, designed to rest upon the top of the post 1 and tofurnish a means whereby the rod 2 may be rotated in the bearings The topof the post 1 is provided with a slot 9, arranged to receive the handhold 6 and to hold the rod 2 against rotation in the bearings 5 afterthe wires 7 have been locked in position.

The practical operation of the device is as follows. The line wires 7 ofthe fence are brought into contact with the face of the post 1 in theusual manner. The rod 2 is then slid downward within the U-shapedbearings 5, having its flat face disposed toward the post 1, the linewires 7 of the fence being inclosed between the rod 2 and the post 1. Ifdesired, certain of the line wires 7 may be so disposed that they willbe supported by the U-shaped bearings 5. However, as my inventionprovides means for securely and positively holding the line wires 7 tothe post 1, this disposition of the wires 7 is immaterial. lVhen theline wires have been thus placed, and the rod 2 mounted in the U-shapedbearings 5 with its flat face disposed toward the post, the hand hold (3is grasped and the rod rotated. As the rod is thus rotated, its edges 8will engage the curved portion of the U-shaped bearings 5, as clearlyshown in Fig. at causing the cam face 3 to be forced inward toward thepost 1. As the cam face is forced inward toward the post 1, it willengage the line wires 7 crimping them slightly into the superficialdepression 4 in the post 1 and firmly holding them in place. secured,the rod 2 may be driven down into engagement with the slot 9 in the topof the post 1, where it will be retained against rotation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the class described, a supporting member; arched,alined bearings mounted upon the supporting member; and a rod journaledfor rotation in the bearings, the edges of the rod being arranged toenlVhen the line wires 7 are thus gage the curved portions of thebearing to present a face of the rod cam-Wise to the supporting member.

2. In a device of the class described, a supporting member; alined,U-shaped bearings mounted upon the supporting member rotatably mountedin the bearings a rod planoconvex in cross-section.

3. In a device of the class described, a sup porting member having asuperficial, longitudinal depression; alined, U-shaped bearings mountedupon the supporting member and disposed transversely of the depression;rotatably mounted in the bearings, a rod plane-convex in cross-section.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES M. REED.

Vitnesses CICERO Dow, ELMER BABB.

